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  • noun Water that comes from melting snow or ice.

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  • noun Water from melting ice or snow.

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  • noun melted snow or ice

Etymologies

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melt +‎ water

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Examples

  • The danger is that cold, fresh meltwater from the Arctic and/or Greenland will block the return path.

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  • Local lake filled with icy cold meltwater from the surrounding mountains.

    October 2005 2005

  • Local lake filled with icy cold meltwater from the surrounding mountains.

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  • This operation will be centered on what Stamp calls a "mother ship," where the meltwater is to be filtered and bottled.

    The Iceberg Wars 2002

  • This operation will be centered on what Stamp calls a "mother ship," where the meltwater is to be filtered and bottled.

    The Iceberg Wars 2002

  • It shot out of the canyon at the top of a cliff, where meltwater from a glacier plunged down into a distant pool.

    Excerpt: Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett 1999

  • This particular paper deals with the so-called meltwater spike presumeable released about 8-10,000 years b.p. from the melting Laurentide ice sheet.

    Juckes and the Sargasso Sea « Climate Audit 2006

  • Molluscs keep best on ice covered with a damp cloth, and should not be allowed to sit in a puddle of meltwater, which is saltless and therefore fatal to sea creatures.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Molluscs keep best on ice covered with a damp cloth, and should not be allowed to sit in a puddle of meltwater, which is saltless and therefore fatal to sea creatures.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • He then mentions a company called meltwater, and back over to him ... who are a "media" company PAID by Government to trawl blogs and read what we say about them.

    British Blogs 2009

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